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In 1984, Indira Gandhi had given permission for military action to control the militants at Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple), the holiest site of the Sikhs in Amritsar. It was because of this operation that he was murdered. Regarding this, Congress is accused of hurting the religious sentiments of Sikhs. Now a big statement has come from veteran Congress leader P. Chidambaram on this matter.
Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram has said that the method of Operation Blue Star to get back the Golden Temple was wrong. He said that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi paid the price for this mistake with her life.
Blue Star was the wrong approach- Chidambaram
During a discussion on journalist Harinder Baweja’s book ‘They Will Shoot You Madam’ at the Khushwant Singh Sahitya Mahotsav held in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, Chidambaram said that in June 1984, the Indian Army had conducted an operation to evict terrorists from the Golden Temple in Amritsar. This is called Operation Blue Star. After this operation, Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her own Sikh security personnel.
Veteran Congress leader Chidambaram said that I am not disrespecting any army officer, but this was the wrong way to get the Golden Temple back. After a few years we showed the right way, by keeping the army out. Blue Star was the wrong way to go and I believe they paid the price for this mistake with their lives.
‘The demand for Khalistan is almost over’
He further said that this decision was not of Indira Gandhi alone. This was a joint decision of the army, police, intelligence department and civil service. He said that the blame for this cannot be placed only on Mrs. Gandhi. will you do that? Talking about the situation in today’s Punjab, Chidambaram said that the demand for Khalistan has almost ended. Now the real problem of Punjab is economic problem.
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